The Triumph of Individual Style : A Guide to Dressing Your Body, Your Beauty, Your Self - Softcover

Carla Mason Mathis; Helen Villa Connor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1563672693 ISBN 13: 9781563672699

Publisher: Fairchild Pubns, 2002

Synopsis

The Triumph of Individual Style is a step-by-step guide to developing your personal style and choosing clothes that bring out your true beauty. Join the thousands of others who have used this book as a vital tool for understanding body types, color and personal style. In addition to being known as the "bible" of the image industry and used as a textbook at Cornell, the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC, and design schools across the country, The Triumph of Individual Style contains:

• More than 800 diagrams
• Hundreds of color swatches for teaching color principles
• Famous art reproductions illustrating women's body types and features
• Hundreds of line drawings and teaching tools.

"The Triumph of Individual Style is a triumph for women everywhere! Whether you are an image consultant (style or color), an art student, a clothes-aholic, or just generally interested in what type of pants might look good on your body.....this is the book for you! When I first bought this book, I was a woman who just wanted to find a pair of pants that fit! I was so inspired by its content that I have become a serious student of style and color. I have had the fortune of taking a number of wonderful style and color classes from one of the authors, Carla Mathis, and have been trained with her Signature System. I can't recommend the book or her new system highly enough! Enjoy!"- Lucy Hunt

About this title

From the Author:

From co-author Carla Mathis: 

Dear readers, 

In the years since this book was originally published, I have remained very active in this industry, building upon the discoveries and teaching many thousands of people around the world. I would like to personally invite you to visit The Style Core website (TheStyleCore.com) to find resources for developing your individual style including on-demand webinars, blog posts, consultation services, training courses and more. You can also find a personal stylist near you who has been trained in the principles of this book - from within our global network. Empowering you to embrace and CELEBRATE your individual style is what fuels me and why I do what I do! I hope to meet you at some point.

Best wishes, 
Carla Mathis 

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From co-author Helen Villa Connor: 

Because of my desire to continually provide new and exciting information, my website is still under construction. If anyone has questions about the book, my personal design services, and/or speaking and teaching availability, please email messages to me at: HVConnor@astreet.com 

Thank you! 

Helen Villa Connor- coauthor and creator of The Body's Design Pattern paradigm

About the Author:

Carla Mathis is a pioneer and sought-after trainer in the Image industry. She is one of a few stylists to have worked and taught with Suzanne Caygill, the woman who pioneered Image Consulting. One of 21 Certified Image Masters (CIM) worldwide, Carla Mathis provides image consulting for individuals & groups in the USA and internationally. Carla is co-founder and instructor of the Style Core Institute, and has trained expert Image Consultants & aspiring personal stylists around the world. She is a founding member of both the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI) and Color Designers International (CDI), the two preeminent professional associations in the field. The Style Core is based in Northern California, offering courses both domestically and internationally. (Updated May 2019)
Helen Villa Connor is the information designer, writer and creative force of "The Triumph of Individual Style." A developer of educational materials since the 1970's, Helen Originated the Body's Design Pattern paradigm, the foundation of this landmark book, in the 1980's. With it, she brought sweeping changes to the knowledge base on color, style, beauty and personal image. Her scholarship ad artist's vision further led to timeless concepts including her breakthrough theory on proportion, her unique discussion on creativity and style, and her treatment of color usage and terminology which prompted one book critic to write, "This chapter alone is worth the price of the book." An authority on individual style, Helen has been a keynote and popular speaker for the American Sewing Guild, Penn State's "Women's Day", the University of California at San Francisco's Women Leaders Symposium, and Authors and Critics on PBS. She has received design awards for innovation and excellence including the Association of Image Consultants International's IMMIE (Image Makers Merit of Industry Excellence) for Education.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fairchild Pubns
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1563672693
• ISBN 13: 9781563672699
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192